CLIVIGER: Burnley Parish #6 of 8

This one is going to be presented a little differently to what you’re used to. Keep in mind this one is massive and full of so much history. There’s no way I could cover everything. In theory, all the villages form one giant settlement. It is a little hard at times to distinguish where one starts and another ends, like for example between Walk Mill and Holme Chapel

The principal settlement within the parish is Walk Mill, which is where we are here. It lies in the bottom of a valley, sited on Burnley Road, where it passes over the River Calder. It’s not mentioned in the Domesday book, and the survey of the wider area which was known as Blackburnshire is brief. There is some lack of certainty as to the origin of the name too.

The parish is located at the northwestern entrance to a gorge, which extends to the southeast It is regarded as a remarkable example of a glacial valley that follows a fault line, and it used to be a little bigger than what It is today. In 1897 an area of the parish including parts of the villages of Cornholme and Portsmouth were added to Todmorden

Open cast coal mining took place in the 1940s and 50s above Thieveley Scout and on Deerplay Moor and were the site of two walking draglines. These were called "Cilla" and "Charybdis". The areas were subsequently back-filled and landscaped. Holme Chapel has a long history with the rearing of sheep.

There’s way more, like the tale of Jerry Dawson and spectral ghost of the gorge. It’s all in CLIVIGER.

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My name is Andy. I am armed with a car, a GoPro and an unhealthy amount of time on my hands.

Join me as I try to visit every single parish in the district of Burnley. There are 8. Here's the SIXTH one - Cliviger.

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Jerry Dawson:
https://redrosecollections.lancashire...

Thieveley Pike:
https://www.todharriers.co.uk/thievel...

Cliviger Gorge:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/swjuk/3...

White House Services:
  / whitehouseservices  

Rightmove:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-pri...

Demographics:
https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/n...

Mereclough Chapel:
http://www.briercliffesociety.co.uk/P...
https://redrosecollections.lancashire...

Cliviger Depot:
https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/221...

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Brendan Perkins - “Foxsnow” (B. Perkins)
   • Foxsnow  
Brendan Perkins - “Mickey's House” (B. Perkins)
   • Mickey's House  
The Keyhouse - "Voices" (H. Flunder)
   • Voices  
The Keyhouse - "Circles" (H. Flunder)
   • The Keyhouse - Circles (official audio)  
Helen Flunder - "Sun" (H. Flunder)
   • Helen Flunder - 'Sun' (Official Audio)  
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
   • Helen Flunder - Angels (Official Audio)  
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
   • Caistor and the Lincolnshire Wolds  

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